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The negotiators who wrote the Colorado River Compact pose for a photo in 1922. They were deliberate in choosing their words, which still shape a river that supplies 40 million people more than a century later.

These three words from 1922 are at the heart of the latest Colorado River clash

Jul 22, 2024 It’s all rooted in a document called the Colorado River Compact.

President Joseph R. Biden disembarks Air Force One at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, Dec. 6, 2022. Members of the 56th Fighter Wing supported President Biden’s visit to Arizona, where he toured a newly constructed semiconductor manufacturing facility.

Arizona lawmakers react to Biden dropping reelection bid

Jul 21, 2024 A familiar name is floated for the replacement ticket.

President Joe Biden listens to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, left, as Intel factory manager Hugh Green listens, during a tour of the Intel Ocotillo Campus, in Chandler, Ariz., Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

Biden drops out of 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns and he endorses Harris

Jul 21, 2024 The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside.

Arizona’s monsoon means danger for those with asthma. Here’s how to cope.

Jul 21, 2024 While some may look forward to the monsoon season, as the storms bring lower temperatures, those with asthma prepare for discomfort and distress.

The FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Md.

Arizona poised to provide MDMA therapy to first responders with PTSD if the FDA approves the psychedelic

Jul 20, 2024 The Arizona Legislature added MDMA-assisted therapy to the list of treatments available to first responders with PTSD under the state’s workers’ comp plan.

Kids play on a basketball court at the Southwest Key facility in Tucson, July 7, 2018

DOJ lawsuit says shelter for migrant children has a pattern of sexual abuse and harassment

Jul 19, 2024 The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against a non-profit with a facility in Tucson, alleging its employees have subjected the unaccompanied migrant children in their care to severe, pervasive, and unwelcome sexual abuse and harassment.

A vote here sign outside of a polling place in Tucson. November 2020.

Microsoft outage affects election services in Maricopa, Pima counties

Jul 19, 2024 Voters in Pima County were issued provisional ballots at early voting sites.

Legal fight continues with appeals over proposed immigration initiative for Arizona Nov. 5 ballot

Jul 19, 2024 Immigrant advocates kept the issue alive this week by filing notice to the state Supreme Court that they will appeal the judge’s ruling.

The Parker Dam in Arizona looking towards California. The electric transmission lines from the dam are all on the California side and provide power to the Golden State. The construction of the dam formed Lake Havasu.

The Buzz: The damming of the lower Colorado River

Jul 19, 2024 We preview the new season of Tapped, AZPM's podcast about water in the southwest.

An unemployment insurance claims office.

AZ unemployment drops, remains at record low

Jul 18, 2024 The rate drop counters common seasonal trends.

City crews are preparing barricades to direct motorists away from flooded roads.

Monsoon brings mixed emotions for road workers

Jul 18, 2024 The staff is on-call 24-hours a day.

Pima County ready with back to school vaccines

Jul 18, 2024 Help is available for parents seeking to update their child's immunization list.

A historic home on Speedway and Euclid is being relocated to a new area in the West University neighborhood to make room for new student housing in Tucson on Wednesday, July 17, 2024.

Historic homes near University of Arizona relocating

Jul 17, 2024 Developer Capstone Communities gave Joel Ireland, a resident of the West University neighborhood, the historic homes to be placed on a plot of land he owns.

Vote center information sent to Pima County voters for the July 2024 primary contained the wrong date for the election. The county then sent out a postcard correcting the date.

County works to rectify wrong election date on sample ballots

Jul 17, 2024 Pima County is sending postcards to thousands of households to correct an error on election materials listing August 30 as the primary election date instead of the correct date, July 30.

Mules trek up Bright Angel Trail on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Thursday, August 31. Pack mules are emblematic of the American West, and have carried tourists in and out of the canyon since the late 1880s.

Water conservation measures for Grand Canyon National Park after another break in the waterline

Jul 17, 2024 The waterline was recently shut off for repairs and crews were trying to re-pressurize the line when the break occurred.

Taming the Colorado

Jul 17, 2024 The Colorado River is the most dammed waterway in the US, but what was it like before? We go back to the battle over Parker Canyon Dam and how it changed Arizona's rights to the river's water forever.

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